AdBuster

I chose this advertisement because I have heard about to many drunk driving accidents.  I chose to put a bottle of Budweiser next to a flipped car because I think seeing the two visuals next to each other may make people think twice when they decide to drink and drive.  Some people even think it is acceptable to get behind the wheel after three or four beers, but it isn’t.  The intended audience for this advertisement is for 15 year olds and older, or for anyone that has started to drink.  I am choosing 15 year olds as the youngest target audience because I think this is when kids are starting to experiment with alcohol.  They do not realize the consequences of having a couple drinks and getting behind the wheel.  

I chose to write Be Wiser next to the different photos because people need to be smarter about drinking and driving.  I tried to cross out the letters within Busweiser because the phrase be wiser is written in the name, but I couldn’t figure out how to edit it.  I don’t think I can say that there is a target audience that I am leaving out unless they are under 15 years old.  But I think that everyone should see any advertisements that involved the dangers of alcohol because it is crucial for everyone to know the consequences of drinking alcohol and getting behind the wheel.  I also think it makes more of a point that I used beer because many people think beer doesn’t get you as drunk as hard alcohol, which is just a ridiculous thought because they can get you equally as drunk.  Showing alcohol next to a flipped car makes peoples emotions go in different directions.  I think the emotion being exploited is aware, surprised, and scared.  Photos like the ones I chose should always make people aware and scared to give them a wake up call.  I think people get surprised because they don’t think that drinking and driving may not be such a big deal, but they are wrong.  People should never drink and drive no matter how little they have drank.  

Documentary Project

When I decided to do my documentary project on the graffiti around Tucson I wanted to show a more positive and creative side of graffiti.  Many people have a negative portrayal of all graffiti because many times they are associated with gangs.  I found some great walls that had very eye catching images.  None of the images I took looked or said anything gang related, that I know of.  I had a friend with me that could read most graffiti and my first image actually says Tucson in the middle of it.  Unless there is a gang that is named Tucson, I don't see any wrong doing in the image at all.  I honestly could be wrong and there could be a hidden message that could be gang related, but I don't know who did this graffiti so I can't say this with positivity. Yes, graffiti is considered vandalism and has a very negative connotation, but how many people have the skill to do these kind of images with a bottle of spray paint? Exactly.  So what I tried to portray in my project was the artistic creative side of graffiti, rather than the side that is looked down upon.  

Texture

Lighting

I thought doing a close up of my object would be interesting because you get a better feeling of how many little ball magnets are actually connected together.  From farther away you can't really count how many there are so this gives a better idea. And just from this angle there are 72 balls alone, so it makes you wonder how many are in the whole cube itself. 

I thought this photo came out interesting with really bright on one side and darker on the other.  I really think the different lighting from both sides puts an emphasis on the object. You are directed more towards the object with this light and dark lighting.  It also puts an emphasis on the shape of the cube, and although the ends aren't perfectly straight because of the balls they seem perfectly straight with the lighting which I thought was cool.   

In a lot of my photos you can't really tell how many balls are in the whole cube.  I thought putting it on a mirror table made it even more mystery like, sort of an illusion.  I like the idea of questioning pictures of objects like this cube so I thought this would be interesting for my viewers. 

Perspective Photographs